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What about light, or radio, or heat from the sun. These are all forms of radiation. When limiting the meaning of a word to a restrictive definition, it confuses the issue. If I say, “We receive radiation from the sun”, does that mean that sunlight is harmful?

Good, we should build more high rise buildings on top of mountains reaching over 10,000 feet in altitude and place all the politicians on the top floor so gamma radiation can minimize the collection time on that golden parachute pension retirement package they get!